Electricity effect problem

Troubleshooting graphics
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Hi, I’m working on a large project someone else started (so I don’t know everything about the code). I wanted to add the electricity effect to an object (https://wiki.jmonkeyengine.org/legacy/doku.php/sdk:plugin:shaderblow).

If I do this in a seperate main class in the same project, everything works perfectly, I can see the effect on my object.

Though when I try to do it where it supposed to be It doesn’t work (with the same code and the same file locations). I do not get any errors, and if I debug, everything looks perfect.

I was wondering if someone has any idea what I would have to look at or check in the project that might be located in another place (that I haven’t seen yet) in order to find out what is wrong. Because I can’t debug this …

Not really necessairy but here is my code:

   [java]Node node = new Node();
    Geometry electric = (Geometry) assetManager.loadModel("Models_FA/timemachine/TimeMachine.j3o");
    Material mat = assetManager.loadMaterial("Materials/electricity3_line1.j3m");
    electric.setMaterial(mat);
    node.attachChild(electric);

    Geometry object = (Geometry) assetManager.loadModel("Models_FA/timemachine/TimeMachine.j3o");
    Material material = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md");
    Texture tex = assetManager.loadTexture("Models_FA/timemachine/Prop_TimeMachineCompleteMap.tga");
    material.setTexture("ColorMap", tex);
    object.setMaterial(material);
    node.setName("time_machine");
    node.attachChild(object);

    node.scale(0.037f);
    node.move(new Vector3f(0.0f, 4.0f, -6.0f));
    rootNode.attachChild(node);[/java]
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did you try no to scale the object?
It should work imho. Possibly you did a mistake somewhere?

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Scaling the object doesn’t change anything.

It is a very strange problem. If I apply the effect on other objects in the scene I see that it works on some objects, but not all. And I can’t find something that differs between the objects it works on and the objects it doesn’t work on.

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@Ojtwist said: Scaling the object doesn't change anything.

It is a very strange problem. If I apply the effect on other objects in the scene I see that it works on some objects, but not all. And I can’t find something that differs between the objects it works on and the objects it doesn’t work on.

All of your objects have UVMap? Tried to scale UV?

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I don’t think it has anything to do with that, because it works on the object it needs to work on when I execute the code in a seperate main file. Though it doesn’t work if I use exactly the same object (and texture) with the same code in the main file of the project. I thought it was because some settings were different, but if I apply the material on another object it works (sometimes).

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Solved the problem.

[java]electric.setQueueBucket(Bucket.Transparent);[/java]

needs to be added.

I do wonder why it works well without this line of code in 1 instance and not in the other, although the same object, texture and code is used.

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@Ojtwist said: Solved the problem.

[java]electric.setQueueBucket(Bucket.Transparent);[/java]

needs to be added.

I do wonder why it works well without this line of code in 1 instance and not in the other, although the same object, texture and code is used.

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Glad you fixed it! Dunno know, need to check shader, material - how they work.
I’m also happy that shaderBlow is useful for some people. I started sthis project about 3 years ago and added/collected JME shaders.